Instead of tying up your retirement funds, tapping into financing specifically designed for real estate investors can keep your portfolio diversified and your retirement intact.Leveraging your 401(k) is your personal decision, but framing it within the broader context of balancing risk, liquidity, and opportunity cost can clarify whether it’s the best tool for your goals.

Some insurance companies offer policies specifically designed for owner-occupied multifamily properties, so it’s worth asking about that option.The key is ensuring both your personal residence and the rental unit are adequately covered.

A well-designed collage can work wonders as your first photo!

This habit saved me from a big surprise during my first year.The actual transfer process is simple: use a designated account for your Airbnb business.

Are you renovating your kitchen?

@Aaron Zimmerman and clarify, I am the marketer, my husband designs lighting.

Milwaukee inventory has just been so low, that even very distressed properties sell to first-time home buyers without a significant discount, so in the end it's cheaper for me to buy properties that already have a new roof, windows, kitchen, HVAC etcI appreciate that insight and it makes perfect sense.

You and this private person you met hammer out the details of the loan at the kitchen table so to speak and you seal it with a handshake and your reputation that this Private Person already respects or whomever introduced has vouched for you.But if a man opens a lending company tomorrow with 50 Million of his own capital and he checks in on the HML market to see what it bears and he copies his products and UW guidelines and now is he PML or HML? 

While I haven't done new construction as an investor, I've been involved with them on the design and construction side. $15-$20,000 seems like a very small profit on a $500,000 house.

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